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Another bit from the John Cleese video I posted yesterday. I found this to speak directly to one of the things that has most bedeviled me:

“It’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent, than it is to do important things that are not urgent (like pondering) and it’s easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.” ~ John Cleese in his talk The Origins of Creativity

Recently I came across this Monty Python clip called The Argument clinic with John Cleese. I had never seen it before and laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair. In fact, my husband came by to ask me something and I had to stop it and catch my breath just to answer him.

So, if you haven’t seen this (or even if you have) and would like a laugh…